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'''Katäfalsen''' (pronunciation: {{IPA|[ | '''Katäfalsen''' (pronunciation: {{IPA|[kɑˈtɑːfɑlsen]}}) is an apriori language, which is partially inspired by Basque, Hebrew and Latin. The aim was to construct a language with a phonology practicable for speakers of most European languages along with unorthodox grammar and syntax. Katäfalsen is highly synthetic and features a free word order and ergative-absolutive alignment. Most of the vocabulary is directly derived from '''Old Katäfalsen''' with a mentionable amount of loanwords from Old Greek. | ||
== Name == | == Name == | ||
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The syllable structure was a strict (C)(G)V, where C denotes a consonant, G one of the non-syllabic vowels {{IPA|/a̯/}}, {{IPA|/i̯/}} and {{IPA|/u̯/}} and V a vowel. | The syllable structure was a strict (C)(G)V, where C denotes a consonant, G one of the non-syllabic vowels {{IPA|/a̯/}}, {{IPA|/i̯/}} and {{IPA|/u̯/}} and V a vowel. | ||
Every word had exactly one unpredictably stressed syllable. | |||
Most syllables had one of the vowels {{IPA|/i/}}, {{IPA|/u/}} and {{IPA|/ə/}}. Syllables containing one of the other mid vowels showed the following ablaut scheme: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!Full grade | |||
!Ē-grade | |||
!Ō-grade | |||
!Zero grade | |||
|- | |||
|{{IPA|/e/}} or {{IPA|/o/}} | |||
|{{IPA|/eː/}} | |||
|{{IPA|/oː/}} | |||
|{{IPA|/ə/}} | |||
|- | |||
|perisə | |||
|pērisə | |||
|pōrisə | |||
|pərisi | |||
|} | |||
=== Greek loanwords === | === Greek loanwords === | ||